2012 Florida Gators football team

The 2012 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2012 college football season. The Gators competed in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The 2012 season was the Gators' second under head coach Will Muschamp. They finished the season with 11–2 overall, 7–1 SEC. The team was invited to the 2013 Sugar Bowl, where they lost to the Louisville Cardinals, 33–23.

2012 Florida Gators football
SEC Eastern Division co-champion
Sugar Bowl, L 23–33 vs. Louisville
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 9
2012 record11–2 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrent Pease (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorDan Quinn (2nd season)
Base defenseMultiple 4–3
Home stadiumBen Hill Griffin Stadium
(Capacity: 88,548)[1]
2012 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Eastern Division
No. 5т Georgia xy  7 –1     12 –2  
No. 9 Florida x%  7 –1     11 –2  
No. 8 South Carolina  6 –2     11 –2  
No. 23 Vanderbilt  5 –3     9 –4  
Missouri  2 –6     5 –7  
Tennessee  1 –7     5 –7  
Kentucky  0 –8     2 –10  
Western Division
No. 1 Alabama x$#  7 –1     13 –1  
No. 14 LSU  6 –2     10 –3  
No. 5т Texas A&M  6 –2     11 –2  
Mississippi State  4 –4     8 –5  
Arkansas  2 –6     4 –8  
Auburn  0 –8     3 –9  
Ole Miss*  0 –5     0 –6  
Championship: Alabama 32, Georgia 28
    1. – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • * Ole Miss vacated all wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The 2011 Florida Gators compiled a 7–6 overall win-loss record, and a 3–5 record in the Southeastern Conference. They concluded the 2011 season with a victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Gator Bowl.

Schedule

The 2012 Orange and Blue Debut game was played on April 7 at 1 p.m. and was televised on Sun Sports.[2] Blue defeated Orange 21–20 in front of 38,100 fans.[3]

The October 20 game against South Carolina hosted ESPN's College Gameday.[4] In addition, their road games against Texas A&M and Tennessee were also hosted by College GameDay.

Image from Florida–Vanderbilt game.
DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1Bowling Green*No. 23
ESPNW 27–1484,704
September 8at Texas A&MNo. 24
ESPNW 20–1787,114
September 15at No. 23 TennesseeNo. 18
ESPNW 37–20102,455
September 22KentuckyNo. 14
  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL
SECNW 38–087,102
October 6No. 4 LSUNo. 10
  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL (rivalry)
CBSW 14–690,824
October 13at VanderbiltNo. 4
ESPNUW 31–1740,350
October 20No. 9 South CarolinaNo. 3
CBSW 44–1190,833
October 27vs. No. 12 GeorgiaNo. 3
CBSL 9–1784,644
November 3MissouriNo. 8
  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL
ESPN2W 14–790,496
November 10Louisiana–Lafayette*No. 7
  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL
SECNW 27–2086,482
November 17Jacksonville State*No. 7
  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL
PPVW 23–082,691
November 24at No. 10 Florida State*No. 6
ABCW 37–2683,429
January 2, 2013vs. No. 22 Louisville*No. 4
ESPNL 23–3354,178
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released before game time

Source:[5]

Rankings
See also: 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP 23 24 18 14 11 10 4 3 3 (1) 8 7 7 6 5 4 9 
Coaches 23 23 17 14 12 11 6 4 3 8 7 7 6 5 4 10 
Harris Not released 6 3 3 (1) 8 7 7 5 5 4 Not released 
BCS Not released 2 2 7 6 6 4 4 3 Not released

Roster
2012 Florida Gators roster

Quarterbacks

  • 6 Jeff Driskel – Sophomore
  • 9 Jacob Guy – Freshman
  • 10 Tyler Murphy – Sophomore
  • 12 Jacoby Brissett – Sophomore
  • 13 Christian Provancha – Sophomore
  • 17 Skyler Mornhinweg – Freshman
  • 19 Ryan McGriff – Freshman

Running Backs

  • 16 Scott Peek – Senior
  • 23 Mike Gillislee – Senior
  • 24 Matt Jones – Freshman
  • 32 Chris Johnson – Sophomore
  • 33 Mack Brown – Sophomore
  • 35 Jessie Schmitt – Freshman
  • 37 Mark Herndon – Freshman
  • 41 Hunter Joyer – Sophomore

Wide Receivers

  • 1 Quinton Dunbar – Sophomore
  • 4 Eric Rumph – Junior
  • 8 Trey Burton – Junior
  • 13 Latroy Pittman – Freshman
  • 15 Ryan Parrish – Junior
  • 30 Michael McNeely – Sophomore
  • 33 Chris Maignan – Junior
  • 81 Darius Masline – Freshman
  • 83 Solomon Patton – Junior
  • 85 Frankie Hammond – Senior
  • 86 Raphael Andrades – Freshman
  • 87 A. J. Mobley – Sophomore
  • 89 Stephen Alli – Junior

Tight Ends

  • 11 Jordan Reed – Junior
  • 18 Kent Taylor – Freshman
  • 20 Omarius Hines – Senior
  • 80 Tevin Westbrook – Sophomore
  • 82 Bair Diamond – Freshman
  • 84 Colin Thompson – Freshman
  • 88 Clay Burton – Sophomore

Offensive Line

  • 50 Sam Robey – Senior
  • 62 Cole Gilliam – Junior
  • 63 Trip Thurman – Freshman
  • 64 Kyle Koehne – Junior
  • 65 Tommy Jordan – Freshman
  • 66 James Wilson – Senior
  • 67 Jon Halapio – Junior
  • 68 John Reichardt – Senior
  • 70 D. J. Humphries – Freshman
  • 71 Matt Patchan – Junior
  • 72 Jonotthan Harrison – Junior
  • 73 Xavier Nixon – Senior
  • 74 Jessamen Dunker – Freshman
  • 75 Chaz Green – Sophomore
  • 76 Max Garcia – Incoming Transfer
  • 77 Ian Silberman – Sophomore

Defensive Line

  • 2 Dominique Easley – Junior
  • 4 Damien Jacobs – Junior
  • 6 Dante Fowler, Jr. – Freshman
  • 7 Ronald Powell – Junior
  • 44 Leon Orr – Sophomore
  • 57 Dakota Wilson – Freshman
  • 58 Nick Alajajian – Senior
  • 68 John Reichardt – Junior
  • 73 Sharrif Floyd – Junior
  • 90 Jonathan Bullard – Freshman
  • 91 Earl Okine – Senior
  • 93 Kedric Johnson – Junior
  • 94 Bryan Cox Jr. – Freshman
  • 95 Alex McCallister – Freshman
  • 98 Quinteze Williams – Freshman
  • 99 Omar Hunter – Senior

Linebackers

  • 1 Jon Bostic – Senior
  • 3 Jelani Jenkins – Junior
  • 11 Neiron Ball – Sophomore
  • 12 Antonio Morrison – Freshman
  • 25 Gideon Ajagbe – Sophomore
  • 28 Jeremi Powell – Freshman
  • 34 Lerentee McCray – Senior
  • 36 David Campbell – Junior
  • 48 Wes Owings – Freshman
  • 49 Darrin Kitchens – Junior
  • 51 Michael Taylor – Sophomore
  • 53 Cody Adams – Freshman

Cornerbacks

Safeties

  • 9 Josh Evans – Senior
  • 10 Valdez Showers – Freshman
  • 20 Marcus Maye – Freshman
  • 21 Jabari Gorman – Sophomore
  • 21 Evan Schroeder – Freshman
  • 22 Matt Elam – Junior
  • 26 De'Ante Saunders – Sophomore
  • 27 Ben Peacock – Freshman
  • 29 Rhaheim Ledbetter – Freshman
  • 30 Tim Clark – Junior

Punters

  • 0 Grant Van Aman – Freshman
  • 4 Kyle Christy – Sophomore
  • 39 Todd Fennell – Freshman
  • 40 Justin Vogel – Freshman

Kickers

  • 16 Austin Hardin – Freshman
  • 19 Caleb Sturgis – Senior
  • 47 John Crofoot – Junior
  • 95 Francisco Velez – Junior
  • 97 Brad Phillips – Junior

Long Snappers

  • 43 Kyle Crofoot – Freshman
  • 46 Drew Ferris – Junior
  • 54 Christopher Guido – Senior

Coaching staff
  • Wide receivers coach Aubrey Hill resigned during the offseason, so Pease and graduate assistant Bush Hamdan coached wide receivers.
NameCurrent ResponsibilitiesJoined Staff
Will MuschampHead Coach2011
Brent PeaseOffensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks*2012
Dan QuinnDefensive Coordinator2011
D.J. DurkinLinebackers/Special Teams2010
Tim DavisOffensive Line/Running Game Coordinator2012
Brian WhiteRunning Backs2009
Derek LewisTight Ends2011
Travaris RobinsonDefensive Backs2011
Bryant YoungDefensive Line2011

Recruiting class
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Raphael Andrades
WR		 Tallahassee, Florida Lincoln 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Feb 1, 2012 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Willie Bailey
CB		 Hallandale, Florida Hallandale 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Apr 6, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Jonathan Bullard
DE		 Shelby, North Carolina Crest 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Jan 7, 2012 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Bryan Cox Jr.
DE		 Fort Lauderdale, Florida St. Thomas Aquinas 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 230 lb (100 kg) Jan 21, 2012 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Jessamen Dunker
OL		 Boynton Beach, Florida Boynton Beach 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 315 lb (143 kg) Mar 21, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Dante Fowler Jr.
DE		 St. Petersburg, Florida Lakewood 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Feb 1, 2012 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Austin Hardin
K		 Atlanta, Georgia Marist Brothers 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jun 22, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
D.J. Humphries
OL		 Charlotte, North Carolina Mallard Creek 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 270 lb (120 kg) Aug 5, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Damien Jacobs
DT		 Scooba, Mississippi East Mississippi C.C. 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 295 lb (134 kg) Dec 21, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN: N/A
Matt Jones
RB		 Seffner, Florida Armwood 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Feb 15, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Rhaheim Ledbetter
S		 Boiling Springs, North Carolina Crest 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jul 15, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Jafar Mann
DT		 Stone Mountain, Georgia Stephenson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 275 lb (125 kg) Mar 25, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Marcus Maye
S		 Melbourne, Florida Holy Trinity 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jul 18, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Alex McCalister
DE		 Clemmons, North Carolina West Forsyth 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jan 23, 2012 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Skyler Mornhinweg
QB		 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania St. Joseph's 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jan 27, 2012 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Antonio Morrison
LB		 Bolingbrook, Illinois Bolingbrook 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Aug 3, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Latroy Pittman
WR		 Citra, Florida North Marion 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Aug 18, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Brian Poole
CB		 Bradenton, Florida Southeast 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jun 14, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Jeremi Powell
MLB		 Largo, Florida Pinellas Park 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Feb 19, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Kent Taylor
TE		 Land O' Lakes, Florida Land O' Lakes 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Oct 27, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Colin Thompson
TE		 Warminster, Pennsylvania Archbishop Wood Catholic 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 255 lb (116 kg) May 5, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Quinteze Williams
DE		 Tyrone, Georgia Sandy Creek 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 290 lb (130 kg) Mar 30, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 5   Rivals: 3  247Sports: 4  ESPN: 4
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2012 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

    Season summary

    Bowling Green
    1 234Total
    Bowling Green 7 070 14
    • Florida 0 14310 27

    Texas A&M
    1 234Total
    • Florida 7 337 20
    Texas A&M 3 1400 17

    Tennessee
    1 234Total
    • Florida 7 31710 37
    Tennessee 7 760 20

    Kentucky
    1 234Total
    Kentucky 0 000 0
    • Florida 3 2177 38
    • Date: September 22
    • Location: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium

    LSU
    1 234Total
    LSU 3 300 6
    • Florida 0 077 14
    • Date: October 6
    • Location: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium

    Vanderbilt
    1 234Total
    • Florida 0 11713 31
    Vanderbilt 7 0010 17

    South Carolina
    1 234Total
    South Carolina 3 323 11
    • Florida 7 14167 44
    • Date: October 20
    • Location: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium

    Georgia
    1 234Total
    Florida 0 603 9
    • Georgia 7 037 17

    Missouri
    1 234Total
    Missouri 0 700 7
    • Florida 0 077 14
    • Date: November 3
    • Location: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium

    Louisiana-Lafayette
    1 234Total
    Louisiana 3 0143 20
    • Florida 3 7314 27
    • Date: November 10
    • Location: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium

    Jacksonville State
    1 234Total
    Jacksonville St 0 000 0
    • Florida 10 076 23
    • Date: November 17
    • Location: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium

    Florida State
    See also: 2012 Florida State Seminoles football team and Florida–Florida State football rivalry
    #6 Florida Gators (10–1) at #10 Florida State Seminoles (10–1)
    1 2 34Total
    Florida 3 10 02437
    Florida State 0 3 17626

    at Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida

    • Date: November 24
    • Game time: 3:30 p.m. EDT
    • Game weather: Sunny • 66 °F (19 °C) • Wind N/NW 10 miles per hour (16 km/h; 8.7 kn)
    • Game attendance: 83,429
    • Referee: Brad Allen
    • Automated ScoreBook

    Sugar Bowl
    1 234Total
    • Louisville 14 1063 33
    Florida 0 10013 23

    Players drafted into the NFL
    See also: 2013 NFL Draft
    RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Club
    123Sharrif FloydDTMinnesota Vikings
    132Matt ElamSBaltimore Ravens
    250Jon BosticLBChicago Bears
    385Jordan ReedTEWashington Redskins
    4104Jelani JenkinsLBMiami Dolphins
    5164Mike GillisleeRBMiami Dolphins
    5166Caleb SturgisKMiami Dolphins
    6169Josh EvansSJacksonville Jaguars

    See also

    References
    1. University of Florida Sports Information Department. "Florida 2012 Media Guide" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
    2. "Orange & Blue Debut, Presented by Sunniland, Set for April 7". gatorzone.com. Archived from the original on January 27, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
    3. "Gator Football Boxscores". gatorzone.com. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
    4. "ESPN College Football". espn.com. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
    5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-04-28. Retrieved 2011-12-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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